EVALUATING

Hello!!!!  

It has certainly been a while since we have "talked".  Life has gotten me WAY behind with blogging and quite honestly, I've missed the blogging.  It's somewhat of a therapeutic event for me.  Somehow just writing my thoughts and sharing gives me comfort and joy.

I won't go into why I was on hiatus.  The past three to four months have been stressful and exhausting for me and The Husband.  I like to think that this time of "life" has made the both of us stronger.  Let me just say that I married a guy who has become a wonderful husband!

I had quite a time this past Friday of "evaluating" different things.  Actually I was in the house alone on a lot of Friday, this was a rare event.  Don't get me wrong, I meant what I said about marrying a wonderful husband, but Friday he was outside for a long time doing a husband thing of pressure washing the driveway.  I was in the house alone and that time with just me and Jesus was a blessing to me.  Now, I'm not like some when I'm home alone.  I don't need music or television, I just need to settle my mind and carry on a conversation with Jesus. And I did that on Friday.  

I recalled my times in my childhood.  Being a pastor's kid, I spent my childhood at several different churches.  In my younger years, maybe 3-5 years old, the only thing I could think of was that the Sunday School classes were in a small building that was not attached to the church.  I can sort of remember my teacher's name, but little else in the way of visual remembering.  But, I remember the feeling of my childhood. Then there were other things.  I know I went to my first VBS with my neighbor to the First Baptist on Main Street.  I know this because I can pick us out in a very yellowed newspaper photo of the whole group in front of the church that appeared in the city newspaper.  It is very vintage.  Very very vintage.   I remember that the girls always wore dresses and that the closest contact we had with water was the KoolAid that was made from a small envelope with water and sugar added. (If you remember those envelopes, you are approaching vintage as I am.)  We had it to wash down our two cookies at refreshment time.  I remember the joys of teaching many many children in VBS.  I recalled times of health fears, times of emotional fears, and times of many more fearful things.  But...I also remember the joys during the past years and the times I can look back and see Romans 8:28 events and prayers answered....either the way I wanted or the way the Lord wanted.  It has all been good.  My Heavenly Father is so so good.

After the "evaluating" was done, I was reassured of what the Bible says.  The Lord is faithful.  The Lord is true to his promises.  The Lord is my heavenly Father who loves me more than I can even imagine.  I love the scripture in Romans 4 about Abraham and the verse where it says "He staggered not at the promises of God through unbelief" and I love Hebrews 13:8 which says "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and for ever."  That's some good stuff right there.

The sermon today carried along with my "evaluating" by having the text of "Use what you've got", "Start where you are", and "Do what you can".  A very spiritual and needful sermon to help us all as we "evaluate".  

So that's not a big deep thought for the day but one that can help us along in our lives.  And maybe my thoughts can begin to grow again as I approach the swiftly approaching anniversary of this blog on June 21.  

Consider....